Peter Pau

Peter Pau in 2005

Background information

Chinese name

鮑德熹

Chinese name

鮑德熹 (traditional)

Pinyin

Bāo Dé Xī (Mandarin)

Jyutping

Baau¹ Dak¹ Hei¹ (Cantonese)

Born

1951 (age 64–65)
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Awards

Hong Kong Film Awards
Best Cinematography 1990 A Fishy Story 1992 Saviour of the Soul 1994 The Bride with White Hair 2001 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2006 Perhaps Love
Golden Horse Awards
Best Cinematography 2006 Perhaps Love

Peter Pau Tak-Hei (Chinese: 鮑德熹, born 1951) is a Hong Kong cinematographer, best known to western audiences as for his work on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Cinematographer in 2000.

Pau is a member of the Hong Kong Society of Cinematographers. The asteroid 34420 Peterpau was named in his honour in early 2006. His older sister is Hong Kong Film Awards best actress winner Paw Hee-Ching.

Partial filmography

The Killer (1989)
The Bride with White Hair (1993)
Naked Killer (1994)
The Phantom Lover (1995)
Warriors of Virtue (1997)
Bride of Chucky (1998)
Dracula 2000 (2000)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
The Promise (2005)
Shoot 'Em Up (2007)
The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
Confucius (2010)

External links

Peter Pau at the Internet Movie Database
hkcinemagic entry
lovehkfilm entry

Academy Award for Best Cinematography

1928–1940	Charles Rosher and Karl Struss (1928) Clyde De Vinna (1929) Joseph T. Rucker and Willard Van der Veer (1930) Floyd Crosby (1931) Lee Garmes (1932) Charles Lang (1933) Victor Milner (1934) Hal Mohr (1935) Tony Gaudio (1936) Karl Freund (1937) Joseph Ruttenberg (1938) Gregg Toland / Ernest Haller and Ray Rennahan (1939) George Barnes / George Perinal (1940)

1941–1960	Arthur C. Miller / Ernest Palmer (1941) Joseph Ruttenberg / Leon Shamroy (1942) Arthur C. Miller / Hal Mohr (1943) Joseph LaShelle / Leon Shamroy (1944) Harry Stradling / Leon Shamroy (1945) Arthur C. Miller / Charles Rosher, Leonard Smith, and Arthur Arling (1946) Guy Green / Jack Cardiff (1947) William Daniels / Joseph A. Valentine, William V. Skall, and Winton Hoch (1948) Paul C. Vogel / Winton Hoch (1949) Robert Krasker / Robert Surtees (1950) William C. Mellor / Alfred Gilks and John Alton (1951) Robert Surtees / Winton Hoch and Archie Stout (1952) Burnett Guffey / Loyal Griggs (1953) Boris Kaufman / Milton R. Krasner (1954) James Wong Howe / Robert Burks (1955) Joseph Ruttenberg / Lionel Lindon (1956) Jack Hildyard (1957) Sam Leavitt / Joseph Ruttenberg (1958) William C. Mellor / Robert Surtees (1959) Freddie Francis / Russell Metty (1960)

1961–1980	Eugen Schüfftan / Daniel L. Fapp (1961) Jean Bourgoin and Walter Wottitz / Freddie Young (1962) James Wong Howe / Leon Shamroy (1963) Walter Lassally / Harry Stradling (1964) Ernest Laszlo / Freddie Young (1965) Haskell Wexler / Ted Moore (1966) Burnett Guffey (1967) Pasqualino De Santis (1968) Conrad L. Hall (1969) Freddie Young (1970) Oswald Morris (1971) Geoffrey Unsworth (1972) Sven Nykvist (1973) Fred Koenekamp and Joseph F. Biroc (1974) John Alcott (1975) Haskell Wexler (1976) Vilmos Zsigmond (1977) Néstor Almendros (1978) Vittorio Storaro (1979) Geoffrey Unsworth and Ghislain Cloquet (1980)

1981–2000	Vittorio Storaro (1981) Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor (1982) Sven Nykvist (1983) Chris Menges (1984) David Watkin (1985) Chris Menges (1986) Vittorio Storaro (1987) Peter Biziou (1988) Freddie Francis (1989) Dean Semler (1990) Robert Richardson (1991) Philippe Rousselot (1992) Janusz Kamiński (1993) John Toll (1994) John Toll (1995) John Seale (1996) Russell Carpenter (1997) Janusz Kamiński (1998) Conrad Hall (1999) Peter Pau (2000)

2001–present	Andrew Lesnie (2001) Conrad Hall (2002) Russell Boyd (2003) Robert Richardson (2004) Dion Beebe (2005) Guillermo Navarro (2006) Robert Elswit (2007) Anthony Dod Mantle (2008) Mauro Fiore (2009) Wally Pfister (2010) Robert Richardson (2011) Claudio Miranda (2012) Emmanuel Lubezki (2013) Emmanuel Lubezki (2014) Emmanuel Lubezki (2015)

Hong Kong Film Award for Best Cinematography

Arthur Wong (1983)
Wong Chung-Biu (1984)
Lai Sui-Ming (1985)
Poon Hang-Sang (1986)
Christopher Doyle (1987)
James Hayman & David Chung Chi-Man (1988)
David Chung Chi-Man (1989)
Peter Pau (1990)
Christopher Doyle (1991)
Peter Pau (1992)
Poon Hang-Sang (1993)
Peter Pau (1994)
Christopher Doyle (1995)
Christopher Doyle (1996)
Jingle Ma (1997)
Arthur Wong (1998)
Arthur Wong (1999)
Arthur Wong (2000)
Peter Pau (2001)
Arthur Wong (2002)
Christopher Doyle (2003)
Arthur Wong (2004)
Christopher Doyle, Lai Yiu-fai & Kwan Pun-Leung (2005)
Peter Pau (2006)
Andrew Lau & Lai Yiu-fai (2007)
Arthur Wong (2008)
Arthur Wong (2009)
Arthur Wong (2010)
Peter Pau (2011)
Jake Pollock & Lai Yiu-fai (2012)
Anthony Pun Yiu Ming (2013)
Philippe Le Sourd (2014)
Wang Yu (2015)

New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematographer

1980–99	Ghislain Cloquet and Geoffrey Unsworth (1980) David Watkin (1981) Néstor Almendros (1982) Gordon Willis (1983) Chris Menges (1984) David Watkin (1985) Tony Pierce-Roberts (1986) Vittorio Storaro (1987) Henri Alekan (1988) Ernest R. Dickerson (1989) Vittorio Storaro (1990) Roger Deakins (1991) Jean Lépin (1992) Janusz Kamiński (1993) Stefan Czapsky (1994) Lü Yue (1995) Robby Müller (1996) Roger Deakins (1997) John Toll (1998) Freddie Francis (1999)

2000–19	Peter Pau (2000) Christopher Doyle and Pin Bing Lee (2001) Todd Haynes and Edward Lachman (2002) Harris Savides (2003) Christopher Doyle (2004) Christopher Doyle and Lai Yiu-fai and Kwan Pun Leung (2005) Guillermo Navarro (2006) Robert Elswit (2007) Anthony Dod Mantle (2008) Christian Berger (2009) Matthew Libatique (2010) Emmanuel Lubezki (2011) Greig Fraser (2012) Bruno Delbonnel (2013) Darius Khondji (2014) Edward Lachman (2015) James Laxton (2016)

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